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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Ukrainian cluster bombs take out Russian war blogger [1]
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Date: 2023-07-20
So far, the Russians have not tried to confront Ukrainian cargo shipping with surface vessels or subs. The most likely response will be to mine the approach to Ukrainian ports.
x Pictured: Cargo vessels flying the flags of Vanuatu, Panama, and Togo entering the Danube river on the border of Ukraine and Romania en-route to the Ukrainian port of Izmail. Russian threats of assuming they're transporting weapons working well obviously. pic.twitter.com/j20ZIbtV2I β Kyle Glen (@KyleJGlen) July 20, 2023
Russia has hauled out its Onyx cruise missiles for the attack on Odesaβs port. They have used these sparingly and they are primarily launched from the Sevastopol area.
x An observation from my end, relying on open strike information from the πΊπ¦ Air Force-
Russia has used the Onyx cruise missile during a few distinct periods to target Odessa.
(Pre-grain deal cluster)
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7/20/23 pic.twitter.com/nRgY3kIRK8 β OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 20, 2023
x The Onyx appears to be used in conjunction with other systems, during large wave attacks, most likely in order to completely saturate Ukrainian defenses in the Odesa area. pic.twitter.com/xeUblo4QWe β OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 20, 2023
Whatβs good for the goose.
x Ukraine, as it showed with the naval drone attack on the Kerch bridge, certainly has the means to sink commercial vessels in the open sea. And there is a lot of commercial traffic to Russian Black Sea ports.
https://t.co/xDsI3JQha2 pic.twitter.com/89EnC2oJYJ β Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) July 20, 2023
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Speaking of Crimea β¦
x Crimea, this morning, drone attack π pic.twitter.com/4ti8jyOYJU β MAKS 23 ππΊπ¦ (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) July 20, 2023
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Scratch another Russian war blogger, Mikhail Luchin, aka Misha in Donbass.
x In the battles near #Krasnohorivka, a #Russian military man, Z-volunteer and author of the channel "Misha in Donbass", Mikhail Luchin, was eliminated. He became famous after being hacked by #Ukrainian hackers, who used the money he raised for drones for the Russian army to orderβ¦ pic.twitter.com/QNuP34zqm6 β NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 20, 2023
This is video of the attack that killed the blogger. You can see at the end that cluster munitions were used.
x Reportedly video of a Ukrainian fire mission by the 79th Air Assault Brigade near Krasnohorivka that killed Russian mil-blogger and UAV platoon commander Mikhail Luchin.
Video seems to indicate that 155 mm DPICM rounds were employed, making this one the few videos of their use. pic.twitter.com/Tn1qswDW3p β John Ridge πΊπΈ πΊπ¦ (@John_A_Ridge) July 20, 2023
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Another highly valuable Russian heavy mortar taken out.
x #Ukraine: Another 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar was destroyed by the Ukrainian army with precision counter-battery fire in the city of #Donetsk.pic.twitter.com/0myj4fnFoh β πΊπ¦ Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 20, 2023
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Get over it, Bob. The deal is done.
x Sen. Bob Menendez tells Defense News he continues to block the F-16 sale to Turkey even after President ErdoΔan said Ankara would ratify Sweden's NATO bid.
https://t.co/BF4Bu4jmYM β Defense News (@defense_news) July 20, 2023
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You would think there would be an epidemic of fragging in Russian units.
x Russian mobik's family is starving at home due to lack of payments while he's on the frontline. He reveals this in a call intercepted and published by GUR. pic.twitter.com/10A2utj8JE β Dmitri (@wartranslated) July 19, 2023
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There needs to be a version of this that shows burning T-90s with their turrets blown off.
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Thatβs pretty good shooting.
x Ukrainian forces down a Russian Lancet loitering munition with small arms fire pic.twitter.com/wm8Xj1CM5b β OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 20, 2023
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This fox is now a Kharkiv neighborhood fixture.
x π¦ A fox has settled near Kharkiv and has quickly become a landmark of the city - In the video, we can see that it is doing well - it is fed by passers-by and saleswomen from nearby shops π₯°#Ukraine #ukrainian #UkrainianArmy #russia #animal #Kharkiv #Kharkov pic.twitter.com/GktnwRPmNt β Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) July 20, 2023
Kombat Kitten is ready to go back out there and scratch some occupiers.
x This night Russia launched another massive attack on Odesa and Mykolaiv Oblasts.
This is a kitten that was rescued from a house in Mykolaiv.
More news here π
https://t.co/S95ZiWHXi6 pic.twitter.com/w0Wch6ztgh β The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) July 20, 2023
And Happy Birthday to Patron, mine-clearing hero and unofficial mascot of Ukraine.
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